1,300 Quotes by Bob Dylan

The highest purpose of art is to inspire.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

You're gonna have to serve somebody; well, it may be the devil, or it may be the Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody...

m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road, babeWhere I’m bound, I can’t tellBut goodbye’s too good a word, galSo I’ll just say fare thee wellI ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkindYou could have done better but I don’t mindYou just kinda wasted my precious timeBut don’t think twice, it’s all right

I’m happy to just be able to come across things. I don’t need to be happy. Happiness is a kind of cheap word. Let’s face it, I’m not the kind of cat that’s going to cut off an ear if I can’t do something. I would commit suicide. I would shoot myself in the brain if things got bad. I would jump from a window…you know, I can think about death openly. It’s nothing to fear. It’s nothing sacred. I’ve seen so many people die. Life’s not sacred either

I could never sit in a room and just play all by myself. I needed to play for people and all the time. You can say I practiced in public.

I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I’m somebody else.

And if you don’t underestimate me, I won’t underestimate you.

Yet there’s no one to beat you | No one t’ defeat you | ’Cept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad